Nabil

“Which is: not masculine, not feminine, but a both that becomes other.”
― Jenn Shapland, My Autobiography of Carson McCullers: A Memoir

“I knew she meant a compliment. I should have just been able to take it as that. I shouldn’t have been so oversensitive.” I took a swallow of my own tea. “That being the case,” I said, “why shouldn’t Lieutenant Seivarden have taken it as a compliment that you trusted her enough to tell her how you felt? Why should she not apologize for being oversensitive?”
― Ann Leckie, Ancillary Mercy

“It is, understandably, considered gauche to describe bisexuality as transitory, almost as gauche as the word “bisexual” itself. Perhaps it would be better to think of bisexuality as queerly universal—stem cells potent with potential. As long as compulsive heteronormativity exists, queer people will pass through bisexuality at some point, however briefly. Some tear through it on a speedboat, heading for a more monosexual harbor, others circle, content, drinking aperitifs in the sun.”
― Joe Vallese, It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror

“was smiling; I think I was kind of pleased. I remember it as a happy moment. New heights in androgyny achieved! But I also instinctively took it as a kind of flirtation.”
― Jenn Shapland, My Autobiography of Carson McCullers: A Memoir